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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Royal Naval College, Greenwich|President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich]]'''<br>1908 &ndash; 1911
 
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Royal Naval College, Greenwich|President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich]]'''<br>1908 &ndash; 1911
 
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Revision as of 17:25, 6 November 2010

Admiral SIR John Durnford, G.C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy (6 February, 1849 – 13 June, 1914) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Durnford succeeded Admiral Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 23 March, 1908.[1] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 22 July, 1910, vice MacLeod.[2]

Footnotes

  1. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 18 February, 1908. Issue 38572, col E, pg. 10.
  2. London Gazette: no. 28400. p. 5396. 26 July, 1910.

Bibliography

  • "Death of Sir John Durnford" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 15 June, 1914. Issue 40550, col B, pg. 12.

Service Record


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Arthur W. Moore
Junior Naval Lord
1901 – 1904
Succeeded by
Frederick S. Inglefield
Preceded by
Sir Arthur W. Moore
Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station
1904 – 1907
Succeeded by
Sir Edmund S. Poë
Preceded by
Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe
President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1908 – 1911
Succeeded by
Sir Frederic W. Fisher